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and shouted. from safe distance, but they Just
huddled together and stood still.
"Then IL began TO rain, and in fifteen minutes
the water came down In such torrents that
heartily wished J had staid at camp IL was a
cold rain too and darkness began to close In very
fast. We made tracks for camp as fast as we
could and reached the huts Just as the forest got
Diack with darkness, wet as drowned rats, tired,
hungry, and chilled TO the bone But Doray-
sawlny and the Mulcer women, the wives OF my
men, had fodet up the three sections OF elephant
skin and slowed IL safely ia the farther end OF my
nut out OF the rain, so things were bad after
all
THE CHRISTMAS DINNER
while was getting into dry Clothes" Mr..
Hornaday went on, "Doraysawmy proceeded to
get the dinner upon the table, and for the jungle
IL was mo SLOUGH Of dinner either. 1t was a
genuine surprise, and had cost the boy no end OF
scheming. For several days had considered my
sell as about starved out, but here was a pint OF
Bass Immortal India pale ale, positively the very
last, that was; dozen crackers a dish OF green
peas canned, OF eourse), a stewed bison tongue,
which was delicious; curry aud rice, OF course (;
aud 10 crown all genuine English plum pudding
tsdns brandy from fOrlOrn-oOking little tin can,
which had purchased three months previously,
with my stores, and entirely forgotten. / forgot
the pouring rain and the leaky roof over my head
and also the damp earth floor under my feet, but
sat down 10 my box table, alone In my glory, and
feaSted roy ally, while Doraysawmy stood by 10 re-
celye PRAISES and beam satisfaction upon the re-
suits OF his llbors'
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Worried About a Raft.

ALL THE INCOMING STEAMERS FAIL TO DISCOVER
THR IMMENSE DERELICT.
The whereabouts Of j. ID. Leary's dereict big
raft still continues an unsolved problem. Three
vessels are now In search Of it, the revenue-cutter
Grant having started from New York. Steamships
which arrived Friday failed to sight 1t. The Guion
steamer reached port yesterday, and Captain
Bentley said that II he had seen the raft he would
nave Tried 10 save It. Early Friday morning the
wisconsin passed thirty miles north of the spot
Where the Miranda lost her big tow. Captain
Bentley was inclined 10 think that the raft had
Travelled TO the Southeastery direction and be-
yonu the pathway or ocean steamers. That she
nau moved In this direction was the general Opin-
ION on The maritime exchange based on the fact
mat the prevailing winds had been from the north
west OJher vessels which arrived and reported
tnae they mad not seen the raIt were the National
Line steamship Canada, the steamship Warwick
from swansea, and pilot boat No. 4, all OF which
passed within rev miles OF where the raft and
tne Miranda parted company.
1ne question OF whether the raft can have re-
manned intact after the severe storm 1t has gone
through Is as serious question almost as that OF
lts whereabouts. sit Is less dangerous to naviga-
tl0h as solid raft than dismembered," said The
olncer In charge OF the photographic Office. "If
IL goes TO pieces there Will be 81 900 Instructions
floating about IN the way OF steamers instead OF
>one, aud many OF them OF kind which 1t would be
almost certain disaster for a vessel to meet with
AlihOst any Of the logs or which the raft Is built
would Oe apt 10 damage steamer, but take one OF
the 9o-1OOt sticks, with diameter OF feet at one
end, ana let IL hit vessel end on, and 1t would
cut hole In her which would probably sink her In
d few minutes
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W hat We Eat.

from the Boston Ir1nscr1pt
A gentleman happened to be in conversation
with man who makes raspberry Jam on q large
scale, and asked him where the raspberries were
raised that he made his product OF. The gentle
man was In a position to warrant the confidence
of the manufacturer and the latter told him
frankly:
"Why, we don't use any raspberries at all"
''DO you mean 70 say that you make raspberry
jam without any raspberrtes?"
Certainly"
"WhaUS the process?"
'Why, we boil tomatoes and then strain the
product to get the seeds out. Tomato seeds are
quite too big to look like raspberry seeds and, be-
sides, are not shaped like them. Then we add
about an equal quantity OF glucose, and mix In q
little OF prepared raspberry flavor that we buy
seed. The hay seeds look very much like rasp-
berry seeds, and are besides very much more
nutritious than the raspberry seeds, and consti-
tute positive merit for the jam. With little
further preparation our raspberry lam, made
out OF tomatoes and glucose, is ready for the
markeCn
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Old Christmas Customs.

From the American Magazine
But, nevertheless, ever since the nth century,
December - has been our Christday. And from
Roman Saturnalia, from Drulds OF Briton, from
mystical German legends and homely English Gus
toms, We have drawn the charms and graces and
fantastical devices with which we clOthe our ten
derest thoughts and hottest reverence Tor the en-
trance OF the Saviour OF the world into human life
From Scandinayians, who In winter built immense
tres on the Mill tops In honor OF the suns re-
turn, we borrowed the yule log. And it became an
Ehsish custom u preserve bit OF one years yule
oS 10 uSht the re on the great hearth at the follow
Ing ChristmaS-tide, In token OF warmth and plenty
When the log was ready to be brought In the
youngest child OF the family was seated upon 1t,
ana all the rest assembled 10 witness its entrance,
drawn by the merry retainers, and TO prepare it
Tor the lighting.
The passing OF the ''wassai cup,-a bowl OF spIced
aie-Was something always expected, and he was
nlggard, indeed, who would not take hearty
douceW In the hand OF the maiden who brought IT,
and often enough another sweet mementO on her
hot unwilling lips.
The wassalling OF the orchard trees "a Devon
shire customl-
That they may beare
Full many plum,
Full tuany peare.
Is sometimes wrongly quoted Christmas OBJ
sersance but IL was upon twelfth night" In JAN
uary, that the trees were "uade drunken with the
dregS OF IA good sop"
There are portions OF Germany, Ireland, and even
England. where Christmas eve is considered an un-
canny time when superstition throb5 in every
cries out from tine sinister rattle OF sleeJ or the
Creak OF q lOOSeuei shutter
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ScOrched by De.as1y kAse.iiinlp.
SIX MEN PAINFULLY BURNED EXPLOSION IN

telegram from Wilkesbarre, Pa, December
-, says: The lateneSs OF the hour Wednesday
night at which the terrible explosion occurred
In the Nottingham Colliery, at Plymouth, allowed
only of the bare TACT becoming known. 1t was
just IL O'Clock when the disaster occurred. Six
men-John Rowland, James Davis, James Kelley,
Richard Davis, David Hughes and David Davis
were al work removing the rubbish from the work.
Ing points OF the InIlle to some dtSused portion
They entered new chamber In which this rub
Dish Was 10 be dumped without thought OF danger
and win naked lights, but large body OF gas had
accumulated there ana terrific explosion 1O-
lowed. All six men were terribly burned and when
the rescue party reached tnem IL was first be-
ueved That most OF them We're dead. 1t is nnpuS-
Sl0c TO say whether or not any or the lnJuieJ
VIII recover. David Davis Is past hope vi recovery
and all or them are In Il critical cOndlLion.
Inc report OF the disaster spread quickly through
the town and the shaft was soon surrounded by
large crowu. hundreds OF people cOngresaJeu at
the mouth or The smart anu waited Win bated
Dredln every ascension OF the Carriage When
IL Is realized that over six hunJreu men We're
In the Ine 1T this time, and that no outside
could teal the exact nature or extent OT Tue
disaster, the Intensity OF the prevailing eX-
clte!uenI can easily be conjectured
The excitement became much more intense
when the victims We're one by one brought 10 the
surface. Each iOrIn covered with blankets and
waste, was The object or interest, and each iace
was scanned by hundreds with an anxiety that
bOrdered upon despair. Every wife and every
mother seemed To Lulnk her loved one was among
the victims.
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Pugil0saiania.

A PROTEST AGAINST PECULIAR BUT PREVALENT
SORT OF HERO WORSHIP.
From tine Irish Weekly Times.
Word Is circulating OF gr0tesQue outcome OF
the hero worship which section OF our aristo-
cracy are paying to the fashionable bruisers OF
the hour. The prize ring In its palmiest days was
not feted and careSsed by the great world
The gladiator has SO bewttched the graudee
that the very highest style among our curled
youth OF sporting turn Is to be hand In glove as It
were, with the professors OF the science and TO be
able TO Claim these ornaments as social intimates
We have stories by the score. Take two or
three not yet in print. A titled patron OF the
prize ring entertained half q dozen .spugs" at
MS club last week. Most exclusive club men,
bers horriiied, walters resentfui. The guests
got on very well Till the supply Of arter-dinner
liquor was cut on by their host, who saw that he
had made the mistake OF poor Frankenstetn and
loosed monster likely to give trouble Most dis
agreeably the case, indeed Tor couple of the com
pany nOisily insisting on more blooming lush, the
disguised clubmen and stan combining forces
ordered them out under penalty OF being put out II
they refused. WhereupOn the thunder crashed
for the flower OF the East End let everything 90 on
at the enemy, and there was by all accounts, a
shilOO worthy OF the Shannon shore. But numbers
prevailed, the 'masters" were chucked, and their
host has been invited TO explain. Mr.. j. L SUI
livan the bright particular star, has booked inVi-
tattons enough TO stately homes Of England to last
him for the next two years.
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santa Claus Not q Hunabug.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Santa Claus is to the children OF each generation
the gtver OF good gifts He comes unknown to
them and leaves them what their hearts most de-
SIRE He is not confined In mis- labor OF love, but
all the world over, where there little children,
he celebrates once more the birth OF that little
child eighteen hundred years ago. He is what you
villa type symbol OF unselfish love- bestowing
goods that cannot be returned In kind He Is the
Great AlmOner TO whom all the mysterious work.
shops are open for whom all OF Natures laws
suspended. 1t Is q blessed thing TO teach these
children all that this myth, this legend teaches.
As they grow old they may lose their faith, they
must lose faith in the form OF the fable, but woe
TO them and woe to US, n they lose faith In the
truth OF universal love and peace which Is back OF
ft ALL
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Why Coal should be Kept Under Cover.

Why Coal should be Kept Under Cover.
From the London Herald of Health
German has made experiments to ascertain
the amount Of loss that coal undergoes when ex.
posed to the weather. It viii perhaps surprise
many readers to hear that the loss is considerable
Anthracite and camel coal, a. might be antici.
ordinary bttuminous coal loses nearly onethfrd in
weight ana nearly one-half in gas-making quality.
be kept dry and under cover and that to expose it
TO rain or damp Is to lessen its quantity and
weaken itS quality. Here, too, we nave an expla-
coal which cucumber the ground in the mining
districts,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-24

BALTIMORE AND OHIO FINANcEs-The finance
committee OF the Baltimore and OHIO Railroad Co.
held u meeting yesterday in Baltimore. President
spencer made statement OF his Transactions with
the syndicate in New York last week. He said
that be gave the syndicate temporary evidences of
the debt for the amount OF $1,000 600, which evi-
be printed, and that the sum OF $500. 600
due by The company 70 the banking house
OF Robert Garrett Sons had been repaid out Of
100000 OF third preferred stock, which VIII be
voted ON by the stockholders On January l2, was
also considered.
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A Point for Detectives.

From the London Lie.
Here Is q good story OF the redoubtable master OF
Baliiol Not long ago an undergraduate OF that
college lost roll OF bank notes. He had the num-
bers and wisely told Mr.. Jowett OF his loss s'Gve
me the numbers and say nothing about IL TO any
one, said the master, who then sent the numbers
to the bank teller, with a hint not to disclose
them. Next day the Oxford hoardings were COW
cred with posters proclaiming the loss but giving
the wrong numbers The thief fell into the tran
and presented one OF the notes at the bank, with
the prompt result that he was arrested. That un-
dergraduate has recovered all his notes and thinks
that Mr.. Jowett ought to have been q detective.
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NJ. Wilson speaks Out.
THREE PERSONS ARRESTED on HIS EVIDENCE p
ATTEMPTING TO BRIDE HIM

ATTEMPTING TO BRIBE HIM
NJ. Daniel Wilson again appeared before the In
yestigation commission In Paris yesterday, and
was examined with reference to a newly-discoy-
cred decoration scandal at great length The de-
tails Of NJ. Wilson's testimony were not made pub
lie, but as a result OF his examination three men.
named Dubreuil, Herbert, and Lebaudran were
arrested on a charge or having attempted 10 oh.
tain the decoration OF the Legion Honor through
NJ. Wilson's Influence.
This quite evident desire OF the commission Ia
probe NJ. wilson's connection with the scandal Is
Aghly commended by the press generally IL Is
Patty plain that NJ. Wilson's anxiety to SHIFT the
load from his own shoulders To those OF anyDOdy
VIE may be unable 70 escape has In nOwise abated
VIM the three men arrested are arraigned for ex
ANIMATION, IL may De made clear that they were
not marty anxious 70 obtain the decorations rs
the prSsidents son-in-iaw Was to influence their
ISSUANCE Ior a consideration
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A NEW YEAR ADDRESS, EXPRESSING JOY AT HIS I'M
fhoVEhENT, PREPARING IN BEELIN.
movement has been started by leading inhabi.
tants OF Berlin TO present cOngratulatOry New
Year address to the crown prince. Sheets will be
placed Ia central positions on Christmas day for
signature by persons OF all classes.
The grand duke or Baden has sent letters to the
diet, saying that the crown prince was deeply
moved by the diets expression OF sympathy with
hlin, ana, III view OF the perceptlble Improvement
III has condition. he feels Justified in chortshing
tue hope That he VIII ultimately recover strength
10 1ulllu his duties 10 the faLherland. The grand
cuke quotes the IOliOwlng words uttered by the
crown prince: Il place my trusLin God, who has
so often been gracious TO us when encompassed by
dangers But II any thing earthly Can raise and
restore me, IL Is the universal sympathy OF the
fatheriand. feel as II there existed between my
feliow-citilens AMI my sell bond, whtcu Is proof
that greater confluence has been placed In me
than / believed possible. May 1t yet please the
Lord TO give Inc all opportunity to show myself
worthy OF IT,"
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KENTUCKY LYNCHERs FOILgn-A mob Of some
thing less than 100 men marched into TOmpkins-
vilie KY, late Thursday night thirsting for the
gore OF the five burglars and frebugs now behind
the bars OF the county JAIL but they found outside
and in an armed guard every whit as determined
as they. Turner Nelson, VIM. Glazebro0k and
other sufferers and losers by the robbery and fre,
boldly confronted the mob and appealed to the ex-
prisoners, at the same time telling them that any
attempt TO do violence would be met with force
men killed outside than inside the JAN. The ap.
peals or threats OF the two combined had the de-
sired effect and the mob dispersed The citizens
Of Tompkinsville have declared their determine
ton 70 protect the robbers from lynching, and tn
will keep their word Their conduct ID highly CON-
mendable In the face OF the fact that many OF
their little town crippled almost beyond recovery.
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Ran Away with q Handsome Man.
But SHE REPRINTS AND RETcRNs TO HER HUsBAHl
He May Re a Cardinal.

BELIEF THAT CHuBCHLf HoNoRs ARE AWAITING
ARCHBISHOP WILLIAMS.
A cable special to the New York Herald from
Rome, Dec. 81, says: The latest feeling and In
formation In Rome favors the news that q car
dinals hat is likely to be offered Archbishop WILL
iams OF Boston. After the Baltimore council the
almost general feeling was that Boston, and not
Baltimore, should be the next cardinalistical see.
Not only is that city seat OF learning but its i'm
portance In Catholic sense Is double that of
Baltimore. Cardinal Gibbons has only LOO secular
priests and Others belonging TO religious orders.
Boston has 260 secular priests, 40 religious and %
theological students. Archbishop Williams, on
hearing that strong party was In favor OF rails
Ing him 70 the sacred college, wrote straight 70
the Pope and urged the holy father give the hat
to Baltimore, the most ancient see and city In
which the council was held. Leo XIII, who re-
celved the rector OF the American College shortly
afterwards, said: civilians must be great man.
de writes TO me not TO make him q cardinal
never get letters OF that kind" Possibly then the
pope only intended TO defer the honor, and the
American Catholic hierarchy may yet have two
princes OF the church among them.
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Dead in the Cabin.
A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR on A sCHOONER-THE CAP.
TAIN's BODY FOUND

A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR On SEHOONER-THE CAP.
TAINs BODY FOUND.
Capt. Walton, OF the schooner c. G. Cranmer In
Philadelphia, makes the following statement: ON
Tuesday morning, the 10th instant, his mate and
crew boarded the schooner ID. and f. Kelly. &c
miles east OF Cape Henlopen and found the cap.
tain lying dead under the iaZaret, and not buried
at SEA, as published. There were finger marks on
his throat and several bruises on his head. His
pockets had been ranSacked, and some OF them
torn. Nothing remained In his pockets but tow
bill, whit h had been paid at Norfolk. His pistol
was lying on the quarter deck with one chamber
empty. Capt. Walton thinks that Capt Taylor
had met win foul play, and had tried to deiend
himself with his pistol. his clothes were perfectly
dry, and he was lying In dry place. apparently
hidden away, TO cover the traces OF crime. HIS
BODY Is still aboard the schooner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-24

PREMIER OR NoTHING.-A special from Winnepeo
states positively that Premier NorQuay will with
draw from the premiership pending the investiya.
ton Of the charges against him. Mr. Noruuay Will
ask for the appointment OF a royal commission 10
examine the charges. Mr.. La Riviere Will resign
his seat In the cabinet, as have Ministers Hamil-
ton, Harrison, and Wilson. Mr. Harrison declared
al government caucus that be would be premier
or nothing.
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NINA VAN ZANDr SORRY sHs DIDN'T BLOW

NINA VAN ZANDr SORRY SHE DIDN'T BLOW Up
THE JAII--Mi5S Nina Van Zandt is quoted as bit
tery regretting that She did not carry out an
alleged plan 10 blow up the Jail and release August
Spies. In regard TO the execution. she Is TURNER
quoted AS f0iiows: 1.-the murder OF Parsons was
the most dabOlical Of them all Think OF IL: n
10 The authorities and Is murdered by them! Par
sons should have been saved, and could have been
saved II his case had been properly managed It
was different with my husband. Nothing could
have saved him but one thing, and was a TOOL not
10 do as intended and should have done-that
was TO blow uD The jalit,
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Still After Those Blonde.

DETROIT POLICE kSJoINED PROM srRRENpERiNG
SECURITIES ALREADY SURRENDERED
telegram from Detroit Mich, December -
says: Although the $4,000 worth OF United
States bonds were given back 10 the Olson
woman when she was liberated last night and
by her taken TO Windsor TO Isidor Cohnfeld
the lawyers have not given up the night
Alfred Russell to-day took out an Injunction for
George silva Co., OF New York, against Cohufeld
sophia Nictorine Mrs olson, Deputy Superintend
ent Bergman, superintendent Putnam. Secretary
Lincoln, K Meserve, and the four police commits
sloners, restraining the police from delivering the
bonds 10 Cohnfeld and Nlctorine. The Injunction
was served on Pittman, Meserve, and Bergman.
The Dill sets up the story already published 1t Is
claimed that the statutes provide That when prop
erty is In the hands OF the police the proprietorshp
OF which is doubtful the police should keep IL for
Ten days until proper proceeding can be taken 10y
claimants. Cohnfeld Mrs Olson and Attorney
j. Is. Clark left Windsor for the East this MORN
ing. IL is supposed they have gone 10 Toronto
IL was learned this morning from an Intimate ac-
quaintance OF Cohnfeld that FRANKIE Olson" Is a
Very near relative OF Mr.. Cohnfeld. Just what the
relationship Is he would not tell. One OF the
walters at the Crawford House, where the party
put up in Windsor, said that the woman adj
dressed Cohnfeld as "father"
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TIE BOSTON sLuGGER's kxrHArrc ANSWER 10 RICHARD
Z. Foxs LATEST
The London Sportsman publishes the following
letter from John l. sullivan, toned down by the
use OF stars, to escape possible suit for libel:
EDNBuRGn, Dec. 22-I noticed In several papers
In this section an alleged cable ofer from Richard
&. Fox In which he agrees 70 match Jake kilrain
to fight me In orthodox style and TO wager $40 600
70 5000 on the result now wish TO ascertain II
the ofer Is genuine one or II II was cooked up BY
him who Is In London representing Mr.. Reynard
and his trophies I have no desire 70
pose before the public as an advertising sandwich:
consequently that Foxy gentleman cannot induce
them to hold our money and turn legitimate prize
nghttng into ticket peddling snap. MY desire is
70 night ktlrain- whipped him once and can DO
IL again, ana well they know It.
You hold $500 OF Harry Phillips money, which
goes on the following propositions: That we tight
next April on the conditions that Fox bets 10000
70 1000, either dollars or pounds, or II the
wisheS the match six months on and demands the
Dog collar thrown In as a chrome for the winner,
then the stakes must be doubled TO 10000 TO Ia.
600 as fair remuneration for the use OF my name,
because that time the belt must become the ALSO
lutte property Of the winner. As feel quite sure
or getting 1t, have instructed Harry Phillips 10
consider the ofYer OF Il as prize for oootblacking
contest TO occur In New York one month after the
night with Mitchell is up. All that is necessary 20
Insure match is for Fox to authorize his repre-
sentative in London 70 cover the c5o0.
Your truly, JOHN l. SULLIVAN.